The most popular article on irishtimes.com right now is a piece from today's paper by The Irish Times' Frank McDonald on how Georgian Dublin has become a ghost town.

Only three houses on Merrion Square and eight houses on Fitzwilliam Square are lived in. What is holding people back from moving into the area and what will it take to repopulate Dublin's southside Georgian core? asks Frank McDonald

One of the whistleblowers in the Garda penalty points controversy has lost his High Court claim that he should not have been subject to disciplinary proceedings arising from his attendance, while off-duty, at district court proceedings in Cavan.

Wilson challenged a finding that he acted in breach of Garda discipline by refusing to say why he attended a sitting of the Virginia Disctrict Court in Cavan. Wilson had attended the sitting whilst off-duty and in plain clothes.